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Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:34:50 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Bob Watershttp://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/bob-waters-2014/
http://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/bob-waters-2014/#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 01:55:41 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/?p=1028Bob Waters left behind an iconic legacy in his 20 years as head football coach and athletics director at Western Carolina University before losing a heroic battle to Lou Gehrig’s Disease (ALS/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) in 1989 at the age of 50. A native of Sylvania, Ga., who also gained fame in South Carolina and California, he became an adopted son of North Carolina.

Waters came to WCU in 1969 as head coach after an all-star football career at Presbyterian College, a five-year stint as quarterback and defensive back with the San Francisco 49ers and assistant coaching positions at Presbyterian and Stanford. He was the MVP of the 1960 Tangerine Bowl – now known as the Capital One Bowl – and was drafted by the 49ers where he made frequent starts as the “shotgun” (a newly created position in the era) quarterback and engineered wins over Baltimore, Detroit and Los Angeles in 1963.

At WCU, Waters led the Catamounts to 13 winning seasons and a school-record 116 victories (and two NCAA playoff appearances) while playing demanding non-conference schedules. Eight of his teams were nationally ranked, and he owned the eighth-best winning percentage among the NCAA’s I-AA coaches during his tenure. His 1983 squad became the first Southern Conference team to play in the NCAA I-AA title game. Prior to his arrival, WCU had posted only five winning seasons among the previous 20.

Fifty-four Catamounts who played under Waters named first-team All-Southern Conference selection. Thirteen were named to All-America teams, and a dozen went on to play pro football.
His pass-oriented offense perennially ranked in the nation’s top 10 and helped produce the country’s leading pass receiver in 1977, seven Southern Conference pass receiving titlists, the nation’s leading field goal kicker and punter and three Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year recipients.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/bob-waters-2014/feed/0Eddie Biedenbachhttp://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/eddie-biedenbach-2014/
http://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/eddie-biedenbach-2014/#commentsFri, 16 Jan 2015 01:45:50 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/?p=1020An outstanding athlete in every sport he touched while growing up in Pittsburgh, Eddie Biedenbach starred in basketball, baseball and football at Edgewood High School. He was signed to a basketball scholarship at North Carolina State University, where he initially played on the freshman team coached by former Wolfpack All-America Lou Pucillo. He played for three Hall of Fame coaches (Everett Case, Press Maravich and Norm Sloan) in his three varsity seasons and also played baseball for legendary Wolfpack coach Vic Sorrell.

Biedenbach quickly became a fan favorite at Reynolds Coliseum, known as a speedy defensive guard who had uncanny hand and foot quickness, great ballhandling skills and an innate knack for the game. Sportswriters bestowed upon him two nicknames – the “Pittsburgh Pickpocket” and the “Pittsburgh Pirate” – due to his propensity to steal the basketball.

His N.C. State varsity career included two years as the team’s leading scorer. He also was a two-time All-ACC selection and a two-time All-ACC Tournament selection. As a senior, he was named a preseason co-captain; at season’s end he was honored as of the Wolfpack’s MVP. And in 2003, when N.C. State voted on its all-time men’s basketball teams, Biedenbach was voted Player of the Decade for the 1960s.

Drafted by four different pro sports teams, Biedenbach was first selected by the St. Louis Hawks (drafted after his redshirt senior year, which he missed due to major back surgery). Three teams drafted Eddie following his basketball senior year – the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, the ABA’s New York Nets, and the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. He played briefly with the Lakers and the Phoenix Suns before returning to N.C. State to begin what became a long and rewarding coaching career.

As an assistant coach he was instrumental in recruiting the players that brought N.C. State national championships in 1974 and 1983, and he also served as an assistant to Hugh Durham when they led the Bulldogs to the 1983 Final Four.

As a head coach, Biedenbach took Davidson of the Southern Conference from last place to first in just three years. Later, in winning a school-record 256 games – most in Big South Conference history – in 17 seasons at UNC Asheville, he led the Bulldogs to a combined nine regular season and tournament championships. Four times he was named Big South Coach of the Year.

Biedenbach’s contributions to college basketball and campus life extend off the court as well. In 20 years as a head coach, his teams posted an impressive 95 percent graduation rate. And his endless energy and engaging personality have led to more than $5 million being raised for student scholarships and facility upgrades.

His years and many successes in myriad sports were recognized by his Pittsburgh roots in 1998 when he was inducted into Pennsylvania’s East Boros Sports Hall of Fame. He also was inducted into the Western North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2015/01/15/eddie-biedenbach-2014/feed/0Bill Guthridgehttp://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/bill-guthridge-2013/
http://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/bill-guthridge-2013/#commentsMon, 15 Jul 2013 02:11:30 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/?p=904Bill Guthridge’s final game as head basketball coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was in the 2000 national semifinals, capping a remarkable career in which he played or coached in 14 Final Fours, more than anyone in NCAA men’s basketball history.

The Parsons, Kansas, native also led UNC to the Final Four in 1998 in his first season as head coach, was part of 10 Final Fours as a Tar Heel assistant, and one each as a player and assistant coach at his alma mater, Kansas State.

Guthridge was Dean Smith’s assistant for 30 years. He came to UNC in 1967 after five years as Tex Winter’s assistant in Manhattan. In 33 seasons, the Tar Heels won two NCAA championships (1982 and 1993), played in 12 Final Fours, won 13 ACC Tournaments and played in the ACC championship game 22 times. The Tar Heels appeared in 29 NCAA Tournaments, winning 71 games, and won the 1971 NIT.

He was on the sidelines as a head or assistant coach for 960 victories, including 867 at North Carolina and 93 at Kansas State.

Guthridge went 80-28 in three seasons as the Tar Heels’ head coach. He won more games than any college coach after one and two seasons and tied the NCAA record for most victories after three years.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches, CBS, Sporting News and Atlanta Tipoff Club named him the National Coach of the Year in 1997-98. That year, UNC won 34 games, ACC Tournament and NCAA East Regional titles and he was also named ACC Coach of the Year.

“Bill did a marvelous job, but it was not a surprise to me or anyone who knows college basketball,” said Dean Smith. “He never did receive enough credit, although he didn’t ask for it, for all his years as Tex Winters’ assistant and my assistant. Bill’s basketball savvy, ability to remain composed and his genuine affection for his players are just some of the reasons for his success as a head coach.”

He coached NCAA Player of the Year Antawn Jamison and NBA Rookie of the Year Vince Carter among five National Players of the Year, six ACC Players of the Year, 28 first-team All-ACC players and 66 players selected in the NBA and/or ABA Drafts.

For many years Guthridge was part of a UNC coaching staff that included Smith, Roy Williams and Eddie Fogler. As head coach, he was assisted by Ford, Dave Hanners and Pat Sullivan.

“He’s been great to play for and has been a great leader,” Jamison said after leading UNC to the 1998 Final Four. Two years later, the Tar Heels were the eighth seed in the South Regional, but Guthridge led the team to an upset win over top-seeded and third-ranked Stanford to reach the Sweet 16. Two wins later, the Tar Heels were back in the Final Four.

Guthridge and Georgetown’s John Thompson were assistants under Dean Smith in 1976 when the United States won the Olympic gold medal in Montreal.

He and his wife, Leesie, have two sons, James and Stuart, and a daughter, Megan.

In 1993, he and Leesie created the William W. and Elise P. Guthridge Library Fund, which enabled the House Undergraduate Library to purchase much-needed humanities materials. They also helped fund the Undergraduate Library renovation campaign in 1998. A multi-media classroom on the library’s upper floor is named in recognition of their support.

In 1998, the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professorship in Mathematics was established at Carolina. He majored in math at Kansas State.

Guthridge, who played scholastically for Harold Johnson, was inducted in the Kansas Basketball Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also the recipient of a Distinguished Service Medal from the UNC General Alumni Association.

In 2007, the Carolina Locker Room was dedicated by the basketball lettermen in his honor.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/bill-guthridge-2013/feed/0Marion Kirbyhttp://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/marion-kirby-2013/
http://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/marion-kirby-2013/#commentsMon, 15 Jul 2013 02:09:43 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/?p=902Those who talk about his Page Pirate high school football teams talk about magic. They use words like mythical and historic, legend and mystique. They talk this way because his teams won. They won a lot – often in storybook ways. Opponents expected a field full of Goliaths and found Davids instead … smallish teams, underwhelming in shoulder pads and helmets, overwhelming in heart and discipline, in tactics and tenacity. The truth is, Marion Kirby preferred them this way. He knew what to do with little guys with big hearts.

Kirby’s career in athletics began behind his boyhood home in Hickory, in a yard outfitted with a hand-me-down bat, a scuffed baseball, and a heroic imagination. And for years thereafter it was a career bounded by a few miles – one you could follow on foot – first on nearby sandlots, then on the football fields of Hickory Junior High, and then Hickory High School, where he played for N.C. Sports Hall of Fame coach Frank Barger (and where Kirby was all-conference, all-state, and a participant in the 1960 East-West All-Star Game). College came next and hometown Lenoir-Rhyne was the lucky recipient of his talents. He was named Freshman of the Year, was a four-year letterman, and a member of a national title-winning team.

While at Lenoir-Rhyne, Kirby was a member of the Bears’ squad coached by the legendary Clarence Stasavitch, known to one and all as “Coach Stas.” To Kirby he was also known as next-door neighbor and, for the rest of his life, revered mentor.

The final moments of his freshman season were heroic imagination brought to life: Kirby kicked the winning field goal to cap off an 11-0-1 season and secure the NAIA national championship, putting the wraps on what history remembers as “the most outstanding campaign of any Lenoir-Rhyne athletic squad” ever. Ask him about the moment and he gives you this: “I was afraid if I didn’t make that field goal I might not have a ride on the plane home,” he says with a wink. “I was the guy who had missed the two extra points that put us behind in the first place.”

Having completed a sterling collegiate career, Kirby moved east in 1964, following Coach Stas to East Carolina University where he spent a year as a graduate assistant coach before setting off for Edenton and John A. Holmes High School. After only one year as assistant coach for the Edenton Aces, he spent six as head coach, leading the team to a record of 59-14-3, three conference championships, and two eastern 2-A championships during his seven-year tenure.

In 1973, Kirby departed for the plum assignment of head coach at Greensboro’s Walter Hines Page High School. There, aided ably by Frank Starling, Ken Page, and Jim Collins, assistants on one of the most stable and talented coaching staffs in North Carolina history, Kirby steadily built a dynasty in red jerseys and silver helmets. Early seasons of mixed results in the 1970s gave way to dominating, mythic seasons in the 1980s, when Kirby’s teams won the state’s 4-A title in 1980, ’83, ’84, and ’85, and were runners-up in 1982. During that time they strung together 46 consecutive games without a loss and 50 straight regular-season victories – both state records.

Kirby resigned from Page after 23 years on its sidelines with a record of 219-51-5, 13 conference championships, and four state championships. At the time, he was the second winningest high school football coach in North Carolina history.

But he wasn’t done. In 1996, Kirby was tapped to establish, from scratch, a football program at Greensboro College. In six short years, he built a competitive Division 3 program from the ground up, ending his career on the field with back-to-back seasons of 5-5.

In 2002, Kirby made his final professional move to Guilford College, where he served as athletics director for five years, overseeing the improvement and expansion of the athletic programs and facilities there. He retired in 2007.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2013/07/14/marion-kirby-2013/feed/0Larry Lindseyhttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/larry-lindsey/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/larry-lindsey/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:31 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/larry-lindsey/Larry Lindsey grew up in Youngsville and never wanted to roam far from his roots.

He was a small-town man, but a big-time high school basketball coach who won championships, helped hundreds of players, and wound up having a gymnasium named in his honor.

Over 28 seasons his teams won eight state championships — two at Youngsville and six at Wake Forest-Rolesville — in three different classifications (1A-2A-3A). Those squads also captured or shared about 20 conference titles and carved a 609-156 record.

That’s Hall-of-Fame coaching and why Lindsey — once a polio victim unable to walk — is standing tall tonight in the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.

“It’s a tribute to my players,’’ said Lindsey, who taught them valuable life lessons as well as basketball skills.

Pembroke State, where he played basketball and is in the University’s Sports Hall of Fame, offered him the coaching job years ago.

Lindsey politely declined, saying the two-hour drive was “too far from home.”
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At age 71 Lindsey remains the homebody. He lives in Wake Forest with wife, Cherie, near daughter Andi, son Shea and five grandchildren. Along with Cherie, he’s active at the Baptist Church that nurtured his faith as a youth in Youngsville.

It was at Youngsville — where Lindsey played on the ’56 State title team — that he won his first two state crowns as a coach. Later he added six more at Wake Forest-Rolesville, which named its arena Larry C. Lindsey Gymnasium in 2003.

Lindsey was clever, ahead of the pack.. He ran a motion offense that later became known as the passing game, a scheme with structure, yet one that provided space for free lancing. But his signature staple was a dogged man-to-man defense and disruptive zone presses.

Venerable coach Dean Smith once observed that Lindsey was “ahead of the curve defensively.” With a sound system and strong leadership skills, he took small teams and turned them into giant killing champions.

Lindsey’s aura inspired confidence, fueled intensity — not tension.,

“He had very good balance, made it fun,’’ said Glenn Woodlief, a standout on of of Lindsey’s state title teams at Wake Forest-Rolesville. “He had us feeling we would never lose. (And) he was a good person to go to if we needed anything.”

Before all the titles, there were hard knocks. Lindsey had polio as a young boy, but recovered and burgeoned into a prep basketball star good enough to get a scholarship offer from N.C. State. When adversity struck again (shattered ankle), he served in the Army, came back and played ball at Pembroke State.

Lindsey gleaned from influential mentors such as E.R. Tharrington and Al DePorter at Youngsville, Howard Dean, Lacey Gane and Ray Pennington at Pembroke.

“I can’t throw out enough accolades,’’ he said, referring to all who helped shape him as a man and coach.

While a student at Youngsville, It was principal Tharrington who suggested: “You need to go into coaching.”

Later, he answered the call and became Larry Lindsey, coaching legend.
]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/larry-lindsey/feed/0Tom Parhamhttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/tom-parham/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/tom-parham/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:31 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/tom-parham/It takes only a brief look at tennis in North Carolina to discover Tom Parham’s tremendous impact on the sport, especially at the collegiate level.
For starters, he coached tennis for over four decades at Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College) and Elon University. His Barton teams won National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics titles in 1979 and 1984, and in 1990 it was Elon’s turn to enjoy its perch at the top of the NAIA ranks.
Parham won National Coach of the Year honors four times and is a member of eight halls of fame. He had a 75 per cent win/loss record and ranks in the top 10 of all college tennis coaches with 600 wins. Parham’s players were selected first team All American more than 30 times.
His teams played in 28 national tennis tournaments, finishing in the top ten 18 times and 10 of those were top five finishes. Parham’s teams won 22 conference titles, including 11-year streaks at both Barton and Elon.
In his book Barton College, Our Century, Dr. William Jerry McClean wrote: “No other team in the conference or district could match the success of Coach Tom Parham’s Atlantic Christian tennis program of the 1970s. The popular professor had become the most successful coach in Atlantic Christian College history, and his reputation reach legendary status among tennis followers.”
Regarding his tenure at Elon, this was said of Parham upon his induction into the South Atlantic Conference Hall of Fame: “Perhaps no one school has dominated one particular sport in the South Atlantic Conference more than Elon University dominated men’s tennis in the 1990s. And that credit goes to Tom Parham.”
Parham, a lifelong North Carolinian, is a graduate of Elise High School in Robbins and Barton College where he played varsity basketball and tennis. He earned a Master of Education from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1964 and then spent the next 40 years as a teacher, coach and administrator at Barton and Elon. He also coached basketball, but is most recognized as a tennis coach.
His hall of fame memberships include NAIA, Barton College, Wilson, N.C., Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Tennis Association, South Atlantic Conference, Elon University, and Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Parham was awarded the Elon Medallion in 2004, the university’s highest honor. The state of North Carolina in 1979 awarded its highest recognition to Parham, the “Order of The Long Leaf Pine”.
He was also active in community tennis with a special emphasis on developing junior players and had over 30 years of camp experience. Parham was involved in the development of North Carolina’s first tennis camp, founded by Ed Cloyd at Atlantic Christian College. In 1985 Parham established the Elon Tennis Camps, which he directed for 19 years aided by his wife, Margaret, and sons, Tee and Dan.
He played a major role in the development of the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center at Elon University, which won the United States Tennis Association’s facility of the year award in 1990. The Powell Center became a model for tennis facilities throughout the Southeast.
The Parham family was selected North Carolina Tennis Family of the Year in 1990.
Now retired, the Parham’s enjoy the Tar Heel coast from their home at Emerald Isle.
]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/tom-parham/feed/0Jerry Tolleyhttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-tolley/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-tolley/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:31 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-tolley/Jerry Tolley wasn’t interested in setting a longevity record. So he decided to retire from coaching at age 39.

While his career on the sidelines was short, it was super sweet.

In five seasons as head coach at Elon, his teams won four conference championships, three district crowns and two national titles, plus a runner-up finish.

His 49-11-2 record also is believed to be the highest winning percentage (80.6) among N.C. collegiate football coaches. Tolley’s teams harbored the same will to win that he exhibited as a prep star in Edenton and two-sport standout at East Carolina.

In 24 games decided by nine or fewer points, Elon won an amazing 22. And in national playoffs, his squads went 8-1. For all that he became the only person in the university’s 120-year history to be named Coach Emeritus.

Hall of Fame journalist Irwin Smallwood described Tolley’s streak “one of the most spectacular stretches” in North Carolina college football coaching history.
Even referees noticed. Long-time official, Dr. Jerry McGee, observed…”I’ve never seen a coach produce better prepared teams. His coaches and players were focused, motivated and classy.”

Imagine what Tolley’s record might have been had he coached longer..

THE ATHLETE

At Edenton High Tolley was an “Ace” among the “Aces,” earning 15 letters and honorable mention All-America honors..

In football he ran rampant, was voted Most Outstanding Player on the 1960 State championship team and set several North Carolina prep records. “The greatest running back I’ve ever coached,’’ said legendary Bill Billings.

Tolley continued starring at East Carolina, where he excelled in two sports and met his future wife, Joanie Morrison, who became the mother of their sons, Jay and Justin. A three-year regular in football, Tolley helped the Pirates post a 23-6 mark and broke nine school records, five of which still stand.

Ever competitive, he also ran track, set an ECU triple jump record and helped establish another mark on 440 relay team. A “Student-Athlete” before the NCAA popularized the phrase, Tolley earned the Rawls Memorial Award for academic and athletic excellence his senior year.

THE AUTHOR

Tolley, who has a doctorate degree from UNC-Greensboro, can write. He produced six books that sold in 50 states and 25 countries.

They include “101 Winning Football Drills: From The Legends Of The Game” and “The Complete Book of Football Tackling Drills.”

“Coach Tolley is unquestionably one of the foremost authors of technical and instructional books in the history of football,” said Grant Teaff, Executive Director of the American Football Coaches Association.

COMMUNITY LEADER

Simply put, Tolley’s a leader, on the field and off. And his winning percentage as mayor is even better than his football record.

Sweeping all four elections, he’s in the midst of a fourth four-year term, the longest mayor’s tenure in the town of Elon’s 117-year history.

For multiple contributions, Tolley received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine and the Olde North State Award, two of the state’s most prestigious honors.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-tolley/feed/0Karen Sheltonhttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/karen-shelton/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/karen-shelton/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:31 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/karen-shelton/
Over the course of her 29 years in Chapel Hill, Karen Shelton has built one of the country’s finest field hockey programs at the University of North Carolina. Shelton took over as the Tar Heels’ head coach in 1981 and since then has led UNC to national prominence in the form of six NCAA Championships, six NCAA runner-up finishes and 27 winning seasons.
Shelton carries a career record of 482-133-9 and ranks fifth among NCAA coaches in career wins.
In 2009, Shelton led the Tar Heels to the program’s sixth national championship. She was named National Coach of the Year for the fifth time in her career and the second time in a three-year span. Shelton has been honored eight times as Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year and has led the Tar Heels to a league-best 16 ACC titles.
In January of 2008, Shelton was inducted into the National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame for her achievements as a coach. She was inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989 for her performance as a player.
Born Nov. 14, 1957, in Honolulu, Hawaii, Shelton spent the first 10 years of her life on Army bases across the country. She was in fifth grade when her father retired and the family – Shelton has four brothers and two sisters – moved to Pennsylvania, the cradle of field hockey. At West Chester State, Shelton played on three national championship field hockey teams and one national championship lacrosse team. Three times she was named field hockey’s national player of the year, a streak that has never been equaled.
Shelton earned a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1979, then spent one year as assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall College before coming to UNC.
She was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1977-84 and started for the squad that won a bronze medal at the Los Angeles Summer Games in 1984. Shelton was U.S. Field Hockey’s Athlete of the Year in 1983. In 1999, she was named the Delaware County Field Hockey Athlete of the Millennium by the Delaware County Daily Times.
Throughout her career, Shelton has groomed her players for success after UNC. Carolina student-athletes are high achievers on the field and in the classroom, adding academic honors to All-America accolades. Tar Heels alums are successful in fields such as medicine, coaching, teaching, dentistry, business and finance.
Many of Shelton’s players have gone on to represent the U.S. in international play. Six of the 16 players on the U.S. roster at the 2008 Summer Games were from UNC. A total of 24 North Carolina players have been members of U.S. national teams and every squad since 1989 has included at least one Tar Heel. Four Carolina players are on the current U.S. Under-21 Team.
A very visible ambassador for North Carolina and its athletic programs, Shelton was inducted into the Order of the Golden Fleece, a campus honor society, in March of 2002. Shelton is married to Willie Scroggs, a senior associate athletic director at UNC who coached the Carolina men’s lacrosse team from 1979-90, a span that included three NCAA titles. Their son, William, is a freshman at Carolina and a member of the lacrosse team.
]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/karen-shelton/feed/0Sylvia Hatchellhttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/sylvia-hatchell/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/sylvia-hatchell/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:30 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/sylvia-hatchell/After more than 1,000 career games and more than three decades of coaching, it stands to reason that North Carolina head coach Sylvia Hatchell would belong to some exclusive clubs. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2013. She is one of only four head coaches in Division I history to reach the 800-win plateau. She has been named national coach of the year three times.

While Hatchell keeps impressive company in many categories, she is also part of an exclusive club that features just one member. When UNC defeated Louisiana Tech to win the 1994 NCAA Championship, Hatchell became the first and only coach to lead teams to national championships at the AIAW, NAIA and NCAA levels. Those titles – the first two coming at Francis Marion – are the crown jewels in one of the most decorated coaching careers in women’s basketball history.

In preparation for a career in coaching, Hatchell earned a B.S. degree in physical education and health from Carson-Newman in 1974. While at Carson-Newman, in addition to playing basketball and volleyball, Hatchell coached the Talbott School girls’ basketball team to a winning season and a trip to the playoffs. She then spent a year coaching the junior varsity women’s team and earning a master’s degree at the University of Tennessee.

Prior to taking over the Tar Heel program, Hatchell guided Francis Marion to a 272-80 mark over 11 seasons. She coached the 1986 Lady Patriots to a remarkable 36-2 record and a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship. Her 1982 team was her first national championship squad, as Francis Marion captured the AIAW small college division crown.

]]>http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/sylvia-hatchell/feed/0Jerry Moorehttp://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-moore/
http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-moore/#commentsFri, 09 Mar 2012 18:39:30 +0000http://www.ncshof.org/2012/03/09/jerry-moore/A bona fide legend in the college football coaching ranks, Jerry Moore just completed his 20th season at the helm of Appalachian State University’s football program. In 20 seasons at Appalachian, Moore has compiled a 178-73 record, making him the winningest coach in Southern Conference history. In 27 years as a head coach, he is 205-121-2, making him one of only four active NCAA Division I FCS head coaches with 200 career victories and 23rd among all NCAA Division I coaches (FCS or FBS) in all-time victories. Despite the success that Moore has enjoyed at nearly every stop of his 48-year coaching career, the past four seasons have cemented his standing as one of the game’s all-time great mentors.Moore led Appalachian to three-consecutive NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS — formerly Division I-AA) national titles from 2005-07, making ASU the first program to ever win three-straight championships at the FCS/I-AA level and the first Division I program, FCS or FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision — formerly Division I-A) to accomplish the feat in 61 years. Moore also led Appalachian to its fourth-straight SoCon title with a perfect 8-0 conference record in 2008, marking just the fourth time in the 76-year history of the venerable league that a team has won four championships in a row.Since the beginning of the title run in 2005, Moore’s Mountaineers compiled a 50-9 record and etched themselves in the record books with a number of other “firsts.” Most notably, the Apps became the first institution from the state of North Carolina to ever win an NCAA football championship at any level when it defeated Northern Iowa, 21-16, in the 2005 Division I-AA national title game — a feat they repeated with wins over Massachusetts (28-17) and Delaware (49-21) in the 2006 and ‘07 NCAA Division I national championship tilts. Additionally, Appalachian became a household name when Moore led his troops to perhaps the biggest upset in college football history, a 34-32 triumph over Michigan in the 2007 season opener. The victory over the Wolverines, college football’s all-time winningest program which came into the contest ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press’ Top 25 college football poll, marked the first time that an FCS team ever toppled a nationally ranked FBS opponent. However, Moore’s success at ASU did not begin in 2005, as the Mountaineers’ triumphs over the past four seasons has enhanced Moore’s standing as one of the nation’s finest coaches rather than defined it. In addition to racking up 178 victories at ASU – 68 more than the second-winningest coach in SoCon history, legendary Duke mentor Wallace Wade – Moore has led ASU to seven conference championships and 14 postseason appearances. In his 20 seasons at ASU, 54 of his players have earned all-America recognition a total of 76 times.Moore is no stranger to individual awards himself, as he is a three-time American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year (2005, 2006, 2007) and the only Division I (FCS or FBS) mentor in the 74-year history of the award to win it three years in a row. He also won the 2006 Eddie Robinson Award (National Coach of the Year) from The Sports Network, is a five-time AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008) and record six-time SoCon Coach of the Year (1991, 1994, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008). In addition to his 20-year tenure at ASU, Moore served as head coach at North Texas (1979-80) and Texas Tech (1981-85) and spent 15 seasons on the staffs of legendary mentors Hayden Fry, Tom Osborne and Ken Hatfield at SMU (1965-72), Nebraska (1973-78) and Arkansas (1988). Moore began his coaching career with four seasons as an assistant at Corsicana H.S. in Texas after graduating from Baylor in 1961. At Baylor, he finished among the nation’s top 10 in receptions as a wide receiver and was a team captain for the 11th-ranked Bears as a senior.A devoted family man and active member of the High Country community, Moore is married to the former Margaret Starnes, also a Baylor alum. They have three children: Chris – ASU’s running backs coach – Scott and Elizabeth, and six grandchildren.
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